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"Shay? You home? Babe?" Troian called out as she walked in the front door of her house after an incredibly long day on set.
She had spoken to her fiancée earlier in the evening and wasn't sure whose house she would be staying at for the night.
Troian frowned when she didn't hear a response from her favorite person; especially since a hug and kiss from her fiancée worked wonders after a long and exhausting day.
The brunette grabbed a glass of water after she stripped off her sweater and set it on the kitchen counter.
She went through the usual routine of locking up and turning off all the lights before she made her way down the hall.
She smiled hugely when she saw a little bit of light shining onto the wall of the hallway.
She quietly crept into her room and as soon as she set eyes on the raven-haired beauty, her day was instantly better.
The tanned girl was sleeping peacefully in the middle of the bed with glasses atop her face and a book from Troian's library resting open on her stomach.
Troian had found her like this a few times, trying to stay up until the brunette got home, and every time she fell a little more in love with her.
She quickly changed into her pajamas, washed her face, and brushed her teeth before she walked over to Shay's side of the bed and gently took her glasses off and set them and the book on the bedside table.
She placed a soft kiss on the girl's forehead, causing her to stir slightly and smile, before she turned off the lamp on Shay's bedside table.
She crawled into her side, which was partly inhabited by Shay. Shay generally took over the whole bed when Troian wasn't there because she wanted to make sure that the brunette would wake her up by moving one of her arms or cuddling into her.
Troian had figured out why Shay took over the whole bed, and smiled brightly at the idea of Shay wanting to see her when she got home.
Normally Troian would wake her up by kissing her neck, or by many other ways that the tanned girl loved. However, tonight Troian was filming a crying scene for hours and was more exhausted than normal so she decided to bypass waking up her fiancée since she knew they would get to talking, or something else, and she was exhausted.
She laid her neck on Shay's outstretched arm and rested one of her arms across the raven-haired girl's stomach, smiling when her fiancée unconsciously rolled over into her.
Troian moved closer to close the gap between them, pulling the tanned girl closer, smiling as Shay nuzzled into her neck.
They were nearing the end of filming for season 4 and they were all looking forward to their hiatus. Lucy would be working on her music in Nashville, Ashley would be working on Ravenswood and a few other projects, and Shay and Troian were slated to be in New York for the movie that Troian was going to be doing.
The next morning, Shay woke up and was about to stretch when she realized that she was wrapped up with Troian. Her head was in Troian's neck and their legs were sloppily thrown together. She was also becoming aware of her fiancée's hand slowly caressing her back.
Since she knew her fiancée was awake, she started placing soft kisses on Troian's neck, eventually starting to suck on the brunette's pulse point.
Troian responded by flipping them over so she was hovering over the girl with a big smile on her face before she leaned down to passionately connect their lips.
More than two hours later, the two were curled up on the brunette's couch with tea for Shay and coffee for Troian after just having eaten breakfast.
"So I got an interesting call from Jason yesterday." Shay started off, talking about her agent.
"Oh yeah? Does he have a good gig for you?" Troian asked, taking a sip of her coffee.
"He might. He wants me to go in tomorrow and audition for a role in an upcoming movie."
"Please tell me it's as a Bond girl. Because that needs to happen." Troian said casually as Shay smiled softly.
"I wish. That would be incredible. It's actually a role as an actress/model best friend of the main character." She said with a grin.
"Shannon! That's huge! I'm so happy for you!" Troian said excitedly and sincerely as her fiancée swooned over her use of 'Shannon.'
Shay had always disliked being called Shannon, hence her going by Shay, but she always loved hearing it come out of Troian's mouth.
"Thanks, T. I told him I'd go in an audition for them tomorrow afternoon once I'm done filming for the day."
"That's great! I'm so proud of you." The brunette said before tucking a piece of hair behind Shay's ear and leaning forward to give her a quick kiss.
"Thank you, that means a lot." The tanned girl said sincerely as she blushed slightly.
"Do you want me to run lines with you or anything?" Troian offered as she played with their intertwined hands.
"That would be great actually. They gave me one scene that they want me to do for them tomorrow."
"Want to start now?"
"No, I just want to lay here with you for a little bit longer. After all, it's not every day that we both start filming in the afternoon. I wish Spemily was a real thing on the show, because this is nice. I'd love to be able to go into work together all the time."
"I know, it would definitely be nice. But hey, at least we're on the same show and have scenes together sometimes."
"Yeah, you're right." Shay admitted as she grabbed the mug from Troian's hand and set it on the coffee table, next to her mug.
"What are you doing with my coffee?" Troian asked slowly, a pout starting to form on her face.
Shay smiled brightly as she straddled her fiancée's lap and immediately connected their lips.
"Oh…" Troian said as they pulled apart, a growing smirk on her face, "I think I like this better than coffee." She admitted, leaning back into Shay.
"You should. We have about an hour and a half before we need to hop in the shower and then head over to set."
"Perfect." Troian said, one hand resting on Shay's hip, squeezing it lightly, and the other on the back of Shay's head, pulling her down for a kiss.
The girls practiced Shay's audition lines on the way to and from work that night and Troian wished Shay good luck before they went to bed that night because she wasn't sure if she'd be able to see her before her audition the next day.
Later on the night of her audition, Shay came home to see Troian making spaghetti in the kitchen and dancing along to some very loud Arcade Fire.
"Hey! How'd the audition go?" She asked as soon as she noticed Shay standing in the doorway of the kitchen.
"It went really well actually, I have a callback tomorrow." She said, slowly taking off her blazer.
"That's awesome! Come here!" Troian demanded with a smile, opening her arms wide to envelop the raven-haired girl in a hug.
"I missed you today." Shay admitted, her arms still wrapped around the brunette.
"I missed you too." The brunette said, gently kissing Shay's cheek before turning back to her spaghetti so the water didn't boil over.
"This looks delicious."
"Well I know you love Italian." Troian said happily.
"Yup. Italian and Italians." She said, pointing at Troian with a grin.
"You're a dork. And I love you." The brunette said as she leaned in, placing a kiss on Shay's cheek.
"Well you're really tiny and I love you." Shay said with a wink.
"Quoting our own show, are you? Just proves your dorkiness, Miss Mitchell."
"Well you coming up with all of those Game of Thrones references during the college scene just proves how nerdy you are."
"Oh, you love it." Troian said jokingly, turning off the stove.
"I absolutely do." Shay added sincerely, pulling Troian into a kiss.
"I can't wait for the next two weeks to be over, because then we'll be on hiatus and can see each other every single day."
"That sounds absolutely fantastic." Shay agreed before she turned Troian back around so she could finish dinner as Shay set the table and got a bottle of wine.
"So Jason called me." Shay said as she and Troian sat down at their favorite Chinese restaurant the next night.
"And?" The brunette asked, taking a sip of water.
"They offered me the role." She said slowly.
"Are you serious? This is huge! I knew they would!" Troian said as she grabbed Shay's hand, "Wait, why do you not seem excited?"
"Because he just said that they finalized their filming schedule."
"So? It'll be during the hiatus, right?"
"Well yeah…"
"So what's the problem?"
"They're filming in the UK." Shay said with a frown.
"Turn that frown upside down, gorgeous! This is an incredible opportunity for you!"
"Yeah, but it's not great for us!"
"We will be fine. It's only 4 months out of the rest of our lives! Then we'll be together for the next 8 months for sure while we film PLL. I know it sounds like a lot, but with modern technology, it's really not."
"I don't know, T. It's a big decision." She said, still not completely excited.
"You can't let an opportunity like this slip by though!"
"Look, can we just talk about this at home?" She asked suddenly, glancing over the menu.
"Yeah, sure." Troian said slowly.
"You're taking it, and that's final!" Troian yelled as she shut the front door and Shay slammed her phone down on the kitchen counter.
"No, I'm not! That's ridiculous! We wouldn't be in the same country for almost four months, Troian." The tanned girl added, throwing her hands up in exasperation.
"Don't do that. Don't be one of those girls."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Shay asked.
"One of those girls that gives up great opportunities because of their love life."
"Well excuse me for wanting to be around the person that I love. Do you not want me around or something?"
"Oh, don't be ridiculous. You know how much I love you and how often we are together and you know I love every second of it; so don't turn this around on me. I will obviously still be here when this project is done, and I'd come with you if I could."
"Why are you pushing me so hard to take this?"
"Because this movie could be a great opportunity for you and I want you to love your career and be successful. And you'd get to travel around the UK."
"Troian…"
"No, just listen. If I weren't in the picture, would you take this role?"
"Well you are in the picture, so it doesn't matter."
"Just answer the damn question. If we were still 'just friends' would you be taking this movie offer?"
"Yeah." Shay said, avoiding eye contact.
"Yeah, you're damn right you would be. So why should our relationship change that?"
"Because it does! And I'm fine with that!"
"Well I'm not, Shay. Pretend we're still just friends then. It's only 4 months out of the rest of our lives; I think we can manage that. You'll be in the UK and I'll be working on a movie in New York. Flights go to and from both of those places every day. I'm sure that we can meet up somewhere during your time there."
"But-"
"Do you want to take this project?"
"I think it would be a good project, yes."
"Then you're doing it. End of story." The brunette said as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door that they had just walked through less than 5 minutes earlier.
"You can't force me to do this, Troian!"
"Watch me." She said angrily as she glared at Shay. "I will not be the reason that you don't further your career. I don't want you to resent me for that."
"I would never resent you." Shay said shakily, fighting the tears that were forming. "Where are you going?" She asked as she watched her fiancée edge more towards the door.
"I'll just see you later."
"Troian!"
"We can talk later."
Less than an hour later, Michaela came home to find Shay watching 'How to lose a guy in 10 days' and eating a pint of mint chip ice cream.
"Oh, no. What happened?" She asked, knowing her best friend really well.
"Troian and I got into a huge argument and then she stormed out." Shay responded, taking another spoonful of ice cream.
"Well what was it about?"
"I got offered this role in a movie while we're on hiatus from PLL."
"Shay, that's incredible! You obviously have to take it!"
"It's in England for the most part."
"So? You love travelling!"
"For four months!"
"That's not too bad!"
"That's a long time to be away from the love of my life."
"Yeah, but people do long distance all the time! This is only for a few months, and with how solid you two are, nothing will go wrong."
"But what if it does?" She asked insecurely.
"Okay, you obviously don't realize how dependent you two are on each other. That's not going to just disappear in a matter of 4 months. If there's one thing you don't need to worry about, it's Troian. She literally worships the ground you walk on."
"Yeah, but-"
"If it were her turning down this project because of you, what would you say?" Michaela brought up, knowing that would turn the tables on their argument.
"Dammit. How do you just turn this huge argument on its head in one sentence? You're right. I'd make sure that she took it." Shay said, sitting up straighter.
"She's just doing the same, Shay. She loves you and wants the best for you. Just like you want the best for her."
"Uhh, why do you have to make such a good point?"
"Because I'm that good."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Shay said with a smirk.
"So why don't you go call your girl and fix this mess?"
"No, she needs some time to cool off. She's never stormed out on me before; I don't care for it too much." Shay added, taking another bite of ice cream.
"I can see that. Mind if I crash your mopey movie night?"
"Not at all, but PJs or sweats are required."
"Yes, ma'am, I'll be back in a minute." Michaela said, patting Shay's leg softly.
Two movies later, the girls were both starting to fade fast and were about to call it a night when they heard the front door opening.
"Well, that's my cue to head to bed. Night, Shay." Michaela said as she stood up and walked out of the living room, offering Troian a small smile as she went by.
"Hello." Troian said slowly, drawing out the word.
"Hi." Shay replied, sitting up straighter as she muted the TV.
"Can we talk?"
"I don't know. You gonna storm out again when you don't like what you're hearing?" Shay shot back, regretting it as soon as she saw her fiancée wince.
"No. I'm sorry about that, I just needed to cool off for a bit."
"I know." The girl added, playing with the hem of her pajama pants.
"It wasn't right for me to try and push you into it. I just want you to be happy and have a great career." Troian said as Shay nodded.
"I know you do and I love you for that, but we also need to take care of our relationship. Because that matters most to me; it's more important than my career."
"I know. Same here, but our relationship isn't in jeopardy. That ring on your finger means that I'm in this, no matter what. Yes, it'll suck. But I think it'll make us stronger as a couple after these 4 months are up. And our careers are both just starting, I think it would be a smart idea for you to take this role."
"T-" Shay said, trying to interrupt her, but Troian just kept on going.
"That being said, I will love and support you no matter what. So if you want to come hang out in New York with me, that would be fantastic, but if you want to take this movie, then I will come and visit and I will support you throughout it."
"I know you will, babe. But you're right. I should take this movie. Because if our roles were reversed, I would be pushing you to take it."
"So you'll take it?" Troian asked hopefully.
"I already texted Jason and told them to accept their offer."
"I'm so proud of you. And I'm really sorry that it turned into a huge argument." Troian offered as Shay stood up.
"I know. Me too. I love you, T." She said as Troian wiped the tears that were starting to fall from her eyes.
"I love you too."
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